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Fashion Icon Commits Suicide

Alexander McQueen commited suicide on the eve of his mothers funeral. What a loss, he was an amazing creative designer. I can only imagine the torment he was experiencing. Click here to link to daily mail online for more info about this man and his untimely death.

El Camino Del Ray

This walkway now serves as an aproach to Makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro in Spain's Andalucia. The area of El Chorro situated in the south of Spain is renowned amongst travelers and mountain hikers for its stunning scenery and climbs, yet this is not the main attraction on offer, El Chorro is host to one of the most dangerous walkways in the world, built by workers to transport materials between the Chorro and Gaitanejo Falls

Project Purse

This is a cute and easy project perfect for a rainy day! I think any tween or teenager would have fun doing this with mom or dad! Spend some quality time with the kids this week, doing things THEY might like :)

Problems with the Tallest Building in the World

From BBC

Dubai closes viewing deck on world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa observation tower. The observation deck is on the 124th floor of the Khalifa Tower in Dubai and has been closed for repairs only a month after it opened.

Emaar Properties, the builder of the tower, said there had been an unexpectedly high number of visitors and problems with the power supply.


photo from Nydailynews.com
Visitors to the tower pay US $100 (UK £64) to visit the viewing deck or, if they pay in advance, about US $30.

It is not known when the viewing platform will reopen.


BURJ KHALIFA IN NUMBERS
95: distance in km at which its spire can be seen
504: rise in metres of its main service lift
57: number of lifts
49: number of office floors
1,044: number of residential apartments
900: length in feet of the fountain at the foot of the tower, the world's tallest performing fountain
28,261: number of glass cladding panels on the exterior of the tower
In pictures: Building the Burj Khalifa
Tower: facts and figures

Dubai opened the tower on 4 January in a blaze of fireworks. Click on link to see video


Click here to view whole article from BBC

Comments!

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Clothes Drive

This is too funny! I could truly see this happening in most offices :)

Edible Arrangements

Here in Italy, the US and many other countries is a fabulous company called Edible Arrangements. They make the most delicious and beautiful arrangements of fruit I have ever seen! This is a great gift for a loved one, a colleague or friend. I ordered one for my mother on mothers day she LOVED it! A great alternative to flowers! It's also a great gift for the person who has EVERYTHING! They are sure to devour it and share with friends. You can either have them delivered or pick them up directly from the store. My personal favorite is the chocolate dipped pineapple. The price varies and is fairly affordable. Click Here to link to Edible Arrangements site! Feel free to send me one :)

Ciao bella!

Bella Vicenza

The area I live in is so inspiring I just had to write about it! Please enjoy this poem I wrote about Vicenza.











O Bella Vicenza, within her walls a great love affair doth live
One of Shakespearean entanglements and passion filled tragedies alike
A courtship manifested over hundreds of years
With much ease you fall for the quick kiss of her Vicentino breeze
Or the tickle of a buzzing bee within the ear
Let your eye dance upon every shade of green God hath dressed her in
Wrap your lips upon the flowering juice of her supple olive
And drink the milk of her land birthed from the grape
Her beauty also lies in her strength and o how her rolling hills do roar
And echo times of royalty and excess as well as hunger and despair
Her past never to be forgotten as it is marked all over our land
As if to remind us that this steadfast stumble is inevitable
As every sense is captivated, challenged and intrigued
For we are not the first nor the last to fall for the enchantment of this land
And must not let the call of her cathedral bells and morning birds go unnoticed
For they call the soul to reawaken from its steady sleep
And if you shall not embrace this love, for you I forever weep



copyright 2009 Do not reproduce without permission from owner

MY SITS DAY!

I am a part of this amazing network of bloggers called SITS. (See the link in the bottom right column of my blog). We discover, promote and support each other every day! Today is my day to be "discovered". This is my opportunity to tell you about myself, my blog and my inspiration! So...CIAO! My name is Amanda and I started my blog to enhance my online retail store at www.thedapperdarling.com. It was meant to give customers tips, fun gift ideas and let them know about new items and sales. Then within two weeks word came that my husband and I would be moving to Italy and I was pregnant! We arrived as I was 6 months pregnant and tried to prepare our new home for our little angel. Marcella Marie arrived in September of 2008 and I was now officially a stay at home mom. Life for me before she was born was insanely busy. I had a full time job, owned my own internet business on the side, always in the middle of some renovation project at my home and led a very busy social life . Now, I was at home most of the time with my little one and no one to talk to but my two dogs. Of course she kept me busy but I needed some kind of outlet. So, I started writing posts once a week or so. I found that every morning I wanted to say more. I wanted to write about other great products from other stores I found or fun ideas for decorating. I wanted to write about this amazing country I now live in and all its wonders. Now I post every day. My mission is to keep it light, funny, interesting and in general just make you smile. Here are a few links of older posts you can check out! Feel free to become a follower and comment away. I love making new friends and finding out about what interests others!

Life in Europe!

Lookin' out my backdoor

Good Advice

WII Updates

Rose Petal TEE

So You're a Tough Guy EH?

Decathlons, Triathlons and the famous Iron Man competition can't touch this "Tough Guy" contest in the UK (that includes tough ladies too). More than 5,000 people come from all over the world to crawl through mud, fire, broken glass and an impossible course of 100 obstacles. There is even an electric fence they must pass called "the tiger". I can't believe people volunteer to do this! It looks like a Rambo movie set. However, it is for charity.




Click here to link to the UK Daily Mail to read more about this amazing competition and see more insane pics!

Blog diggity Blog!!!

At one of my favorite blogs www.kevinandamanda.com (not me Amanda) :) They are giving away a BLOG MAKEOVER. Geez I really hope I win! I really need a makeover in real life and in my blog world. Go check it out and enter to win if you need one too. While you are there check out her fab recipes, photos and cute boston terriers. I don't know if they are as cute as my boston terrier Gatsby ( I know Im bias) but they are a close second! Here is the Link!

And For His Next Trick...

David Copperfield magically gets out of the rape charges he was accused of over three years ago. I remember when this story broke. I was heart broken to find out he was a womanizer and alleged rapist. Well, as you know those with any dough in their pocket have to watch out for greedy people. I have to tell you I am so glad my husband and I got married stone cold broke, I never had to question if he was just after money. Well, poor Copperfield was taken by a gold digger. She has just recently been charged with prostitution and has been scamming men all over the country for years. Like magic, charges against Copperfield have been dropped.

Read more details and see her picture HERE from SEATTLE WEEKLY!

image from Seattle Weekly

Pigeon Impossible

This is a really cute animation...eerily close to our real CIA agents I'm afraid!!

The Chimpcam Project

OK...there are already too many chimps making movies out there that shouldn't be but now they actually gave CHIMPS a camera. Someone thought people would want to watch the results. Take a peak. In my opinion, I got a little dizzy after 30 seconds of watching.




Click here to link to a more in depth article from the Huffington Post!!